Highland Modern Languages Subject Support

There were lots of great presentations from teachers in Highland including several with a Languages focus or something that could be used in the Languages classroom. Here are some of the presentations:
Highland CfE Showcase Thea Searle – a presentation on using a Rich Task approach to structure an interdisciplinary project on the Local environment in [...]

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Using Mobile Phones in the Classroom
Alasdair Bauld, PT ML/ICT, Dornoch Academy
 Notes:

What for?

paired speaking
solo talks
trio discussions
speaking homework
audio versions of things to be learnt by rote
science experiment reports for those who have difficulty writing?
audio diary of things learnt?

How?

voice recorder
video camera
bluetooth
dictaphones for those without
time limit: rehearse, record, rename, remit

Why? – benefits

time saved in class
it’s free!
pupils engaged, keen to [...]

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